tough call Rod, I like both, but the right side of the first one being blurry seems to take away from the shot. I like the second better, but I would not crop it square.. I would tighten up the left side a bite, and give it a portrait style composition. either way, it is an interesting shot, and story!

I would go halfway in-between and crop to the light part of the pillar on the RHS and get rid of the dark on the LHS. I prefer the original to the crop, but the original definitely needs to lose the dark OOF bit on the left.